Volatile geopolitical times bring considerable challenges, but also mean that more and more countries are looking to nuclear energy to boost energy security and meet economic and clean energy goals. How to turn that enthusiasm into action was a feature of discussion at the World Nuclear Fuel Cycle 2026 conference.

US fusion energy developer Type One Energy, Britain's Tokamak Energy, and US construction engineering firm AECOM have formed the UK Infinity Fusion Consortium to pursue development of the first private-sector-led fusion power plant project in the UK.

The giant Basemat module, which will serve as the foundation of the reactor building for the first small modular reactor to be built in a G7 country, has been set into place 35 metres below ground in the excavated reactor building shaft.

Nuclear reactors worldwide generated 2667 TWh of electricity in 2024, beating the previous record of 2660 TWh which was set back in 2006, according to World Nuclear Performance Report 2025.